Vegan fashion is hot, especially when it’s cold. Wearing a big fur coat was once a statement of elegance, status, stature—everyone has a grandma who couldn’t wait to pass down her mink. But today, it’s the quickest route to being socially canceled! Despite the narrative around fur shifting drastically in recent years, the fashion industry has a long way to go in terms of taking animals fully out of the equation. Leather, feathers, cashmere, down, and other animal products are extremely common in fashion, with many individuals being wholly unaware of the pain that goes into the production of these products. However, consumers are waking up to the necessity of making ethical vegan clothing purchases.
Sustainability & less cruelty, please!
As sustainability in fashion becomes an essential consideration in the eyes of consumers, the industry is forced to reckon with the impact of animal products on the planet. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 3.8 billion bovines are raised and killed for leather annually, which requires massive amounts of land, food, and other resources to support the painful lives of the beings exploited for the industry. Wasted water, the energy to operate factories and the transport trucks, and the cruel conditions that the human workers and non-human beings are placed in make wearing animal products a lot less cute than their synthetic alternatives.
Vegetable leather for all weather!
The alternatives are beautiful, fun, and innovative. How cool does mushroom leather sound? Chemical-free, soft, waterproof, but most importantly, a sentient being wasn’t forced to suffer. If that’s not cool enough, pineapple leather. teak leaves, and hemp might be just the cure for fashion’s unhealthy habit of murdering innocent beings in the name of clothing. As high fashion begins to take notice of the consumer demand for alternatives.
Jane Unchained is here to keep you up to date on vegan fashion. We’re certainly much more comfortable when we learn to embrace our own skin.
VEGAN FASHION NEWS AND ARTICLES
The Korean Vegan - aka Joanne Molinaro - launches Korean Vegan Beauty, a cruelty-free skincare line inspired by her mother which honors her heritage and her values of compassion and health Hollywood, California - August [...]
At the 5th annual Vegan Fashion Week, the celebration of ethically sourced, cruelty-free, and sustainable fashion reached new heights. Los Angeles, California, July 14th, 2024 - Held in Los Angeles, this event showcased designers dedicated [...]
Two experts on fashion and food share their insights into the vegan scene in these two important industries Jane Velez-Mitchell, Carolyn Scott-Hamilton and Jonathan Ohayon Los Angeles, July 7th, 2024 — What's the [...]
Earth Pass is an innovative platform designed to make it easy and affordable for consumers to buy sustainable products. Los Angeles, March 19th, 2024 — As a consumer, it can be frustrating to sift through [...]
You're invited to join speakers, vendors and attendees on May 10th (with VIP access starting May 9th) at the 2024 Vegan Women Summit. Engage with influential changemakers defining the next era of veganism at this [...]
Advances in animal-free fashion, featuring alternatives to feathers, fur, leather, wool and silk, are gradually sending animal-based materials into the dustbin of history. The Vegan Fashion Show, Canada Los Angeles, February 22nd, 2024 [...]
On Black Friday, UnchainedTV will host the global online launch of the award-winning documentary film Ending Real Fur, exposing the fur industry Los Angeles, November 9th, 2023 — On November 24th, the day after Thanksgiving, [...]
Three activists disrupted the Coach runway show during New York Fashion Week 2023 protesting the use of leather in the fashion industry Sasha Monik Zemmel is seen disrupting New York Fashion Week. Los [...]
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